Wall structure



, Aug. 21, 1923.

' J. A. LYNCH WALL STRUCTURE Filed Dec. 6, 1922 ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 2i, i923.

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WALL STRUCTURE.

Application filed December e, 1922. Serial No. eo'asiaf To (all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josnrn A; LYNCH, a cit zen of theUnited States, and a res dent of Leonie, in'the county of Bergen andjSta-te of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Wall Structure, of whiclrthe tollowing is a full clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in wall constructions,-

and it pertains more particularly to a wall. construction formed ofbrick'of the ordinary ing block. 7 y

It is one ot the primary objects of the in-V 'type combined with a special form of-buildvention to construct the wall so thatbetween its inner and outer surfaces there will be .-provided air spaces for the circulation of air through the Wall for the purpose of el minating moisture.

It is afurther objectlofthe invention to construct a building block so that'it may be used in combination with bricks of convene tional size, in the building of a wall.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, the wall comprises an outer section formed of bricks of conventional type, and

- an inner section formed ofbuilding blocks 01"" special construction, the building blocks being so formed as to provide means whereby they may be interlocked with the bricks forming the outer section, thus providing a Wall consisting of interlocked outer and inner sections. The building blocks arefurther formed in such a manner that when the wall is completed there will be air chambers formed extending longitudinally of the wall in a horizontal plane, and these chambers will communicate with one another by means of openings which extend from one air chambe to the next adjacent chamber.

The reference character 10 designates bricks of conventional form from which the outer section of the wall is formed, and the reference character 11 designates the building blocks used in combination with the bricks to form the wall.

Each of the building blocks 11 comprises a bodyportion12 formed with acurved face.- 13, said curved face beingtormed in, such a manner .as to provide two fla-ngesle and 15'.

The flange 15 has a thickness substantially equal tothe thicknessgofa brickof conven-; tional form, andeach of theiianges-l-t and 15 is provided vwith anopening 1-6, The 1 bottom faceof the flange 1,5 extends.through font thegwid thoi thebuilding block 10, while the-outer face of'thefiange 14 terminatesfatl a pointdesignated by. the reference character 17 to provide a flange-18; This flangeilS is-qot a thickness equivalent to the thickness or abrick and is so arranged with respect tothe'building bloclrsthat when. a the is rested upon the outer face 519 of the flangeillr, the

top face or thebrickwill-ocoupyapositiona flush with-thetop face 20 of the flange 18. The height of thebuilding-block-10, that is, the distan-ce from the: outer face: of the flange 1 5 to the 'faceQOof the :flange',18,isequiva-- lent to six courses of the bricks 1('), the sixth course of bricks 'restlng; upon; the outer face 19 of thefiange eachfbuil-ding block, asshown. "f

In constructing the wall, the bricks 1O are laid; i nlth'e ordinary manner, that is, end

to end, until five courseshave bGBH'l'Lld',-""Tl'1' sixth course is then laid side to side, *as' shown, by which method the bricks laid side .to side will bring the brick section of the wall up to a plane itlush with the top face 19 of the building blocks of the second course after the latter course is finished. \Vhen this second course of building blocks is positioned, a'course of bricks is laid edge to edge and the bricksthus laid will extend over and occupy a position on top of theface 19 of the flange 14 of the second course of building blocks. V

The wall is constructed in the above manner, and it will be noted that as each course [of building blocks is laid, the lower flanges 15 thereof: will rest upon those bricks laid edge to-edge which rest upon the flange 14C of the building blocks in the next lower course. By this construction, after the brick section and the building block have been completed, the curved face of the building blocks will provide horizontally extending air spaces, and communication between these spaces is had through the medium cf the openings 16 in the flanges 14 and 150i the building blocks, it being understood that at this portion of the building blocks, half bricks, such as designated by the reference character 25, are employed, in order not to close the openings 16 in the flanges 14, and 15. In that form of the building block shown in Fig. 2, air spaces 26 are employed for the purpose of tightening the construction of i the blocks. In Other respects, however, the

. a 'tion' and an inner block section, the blocks of constructed ofbuilding blocks, such as ven-l tilation for the purpose of reducing to a minimum the disadvantages of moisture, and afinished interior surface for'the reception of plaster, a finishing coat, or the like, 27.

What is claimed is: 1. In a wall structure, an outer brick secsaid inner block section being provided with a curved: face positioned adjacent the outer brick section to provide continuous air chambersbetween the brick section of and the block section thereof.

2.. A building block for wall construction, comprising a main body portion of substantially rectangular form and having an arcuate face arranged to provide "two flanges spaced with relation to each other, and a shoulder formed on one of said flanges, said shoulder being of a thickness equal to the thickness of a conventional brick, as and for the purpose set forth.

the Wall 3'. A blockfor walls comprisinga main body portion of substantially rectangular form and having a curved face providing a pair of spaced parallel fianges each, of which flanges is providedwith a cut-out portion, and a shoulder formed on one of said flanges and occupying a position at right angles thereto. 7

4. A building block adapted for use With brick facings, said block being formed with a recessed portion intercepted by cutout portionswhereby continuous air passages at substantially right angles to each] other are provided. g 7 r 5. A building block adapted for usewith brick facings and'adapted for interlocking en 'a 'enent therewith said block havin in tersecting recessed portions whereby intersecting ventilating air passages are provided. 3 4

6. A building block for use withbrick f-acings and adapted for interlocking engagementtherewith, said block- 'having sp'acedfianges, one of which is offset from its respective end. of theblock a distance equal to the thidmess f Conventional brick. v

an building block comprising body portion having spaced flanges to provide an intervening space whereby upon combining a plurality of said blocks a continuous airpassage' in-one direction is provided,and cutout portions formedin-said flanges to pro ide a continuous passage intercepting said first-mentioned ai-r passage when a plurality ofsaid blocks are combined.

' JOSEPH A. LYNCH; 

